(CNN) -- A Secret Service dog fell to its death Saturday night while doing a sweep of a multi-story parking deck near a hotel where Vice President Joe Biden was speaking.

The Belgian Malinois fell from the roof of the six-story deck adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans where Biden was speaking at a fundraiser for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, reported CNN affiliate WWL.

Secret Service spokesman Max Milien told CNN the death was a "tragic accident."

Very sad. (http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/us/louisiana-secret-service-dog-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)

RobJohnson

01-30-2013, 05:44 PM

It's very sad even when dogs are jumping after they hear our Vice President speak.

Odysseus

01-30-2013, 06:02 PM

It's very sad even when dogs are jumping after they hear our Vice President speak.

It was before he spoke. The poor dog couldn't deal with the thought of having listen to a Biden speech and took the less painful way out. RIP.